Meaning of shuǐ:
水
surname Shui; water; (after a name) ... River; (bound form) additional cost; extra income
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Tā de xìng shì Shuǐ.
他的姓是水。
His surname is Shui.
Wǒmen xūyào hē hěnduō shuǐ bǎochí jiànkāng.
我们需要喝很多水保持健康。
We need to drink a lot of water to stay healthy.
Cháng shǔi shì liú jīng Zhōngguó xīnán de héliú.
长水是流经中国西南的河流。
Chang Shui is a river flowing through southwestern China.
Wǒ jīntiān de gōngzuò yǒu hěn duō shuǐ fèn.
我今天的工作有很多水分。
Today's work has a lot of extra benefits.
to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
Tā hěn xiǎo jiù xué huì le shuǐ.
她很小就学会了水。
She learned to swim when she was very young.
(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
Zhè bù diànyǐng zhēn shuǐ, wǒ yīdiǎn dōu bù xǐhuān.
这部电影真水，我一点都不喜欢。
This movie is really lackluster, I don't like it at all.
classifier for washings of a garment
Zhè jiàn yīfú xūyào jìnpào sāncì shuǐ cái néng xǐ gānjìng.
这件衣服需要浸泡三次水才能洗干净。
This garment needs to be soaked in water three times to be clean.
